Hi to all PICListers!

Have you used Electronics Workbench(EW)? If you have then probably you'd
wish a PIC simulator works like that. This is where you can design both
the project circuit diagram,edit source code and simulate it at the
same time. At the end of a successful simulation, a netlist file, with
format option, will be produced for PCB artwork and the intergrated
programmer will blast a chosen PIC.

Features:
External interrupts can be triggered using any assigned key(s) or
button(s) on the keyboard, which is also definable as nXm keypad. Word
generator or any clock source can also be used. The outputs then can be
used to drive virtual LED's, 7X, LCD (graphic dot matrix type is very
exciting!), buzzers, relays, logic analyzer, oscilloscope, etc. It can
also handle multiple and different PIC devices in one design!

Just point, click and drag the components on the tools bar into the
workspace and wire them up. Double click on any PIC chip icon on the
circuit diagram will execute source code editor and assembler for that
PIC with options like choosing PIC type, clock, fuses etc. Then you're
ready to go!

This is quite easy, both encouraging and time saving for beginners and
experts alike without the hassles of stimulus file or any other stuffs
that you are NOT dealing with in the real world! The best thing is you
don't even have to go near to the real thing! You can forget about the
real emulator.

Multiple WATCH as in MPLab-SIM is good. It monitors the activities of
all chosen registers.

MP-Driveway and UMPS are good but lack of circuit diagram design
facility like VICE. They have a lot of unneccessary files, resources
etc. that you don't have to know about as in the real world. And they
are not straight forward and not as easy to use as VICE. Especially if
you're just spending half an hour or so evaluating it.

BUT hey folks! Don't be so excited yet! It's just my wish to have this
sort of software. I think it's not a bad idea for Interactive Image
Technologies (the maker of Electronic Workbench) and Microchip to work
together on this idea. Perhaps I'll make a suggestion to both.

NOT neccessarily these two companies. Any other third parties why not?
Let me know the exciting news i.e ready for market.

What do you all PICListers think about that?

Thank you

Sam
Malaysia